Eskimos and a Navy Officer Dicker over Skins and Walrus Tusks
Baffin, the world's fourth largest island, is tenanted by some 1,400 Eskimos.
This group came to Frobisher Bay to net and spear autumn's trout run. Having
dealt with white men for a century, their tribe has become fairly civilized.
Koaacnromes
byDaniel
S.Turner
Salmon-pink TroutDry
on
the
Morrissey's
Bowsprit
These fish are char, relatives
ofthe
brook
trout.
They
were
caught
inFro
bisher Bay while migrating tofresh
water
for
spawning.
Fishermen
atthe
Army base caught char by the
hundreds.
They
arevery
palatable.